BABIES

[connike]

the babies meme

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→ Leave a comment with your character's name, fandom, and any preferences you may have.
→ Another character replies and suddenly you are a loving (??) couple with a child or multiple children!
→ Go from there! You can do literally whatever you want, from silly day-to-day domestic shenanigans to threads involving pregnancies to more serious topics. If you're short on ideas, you can look to other memes like The Domestic Meme or The Family Meme for inspiration.

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[aviophobia]

Take care of her as best we can, and let the Federation know we have her. Of course, hopefully Spock'll be able to find her family, and it'll all be a moot point.

[captaincocksure]

Yeah. Hopefully.

[...Hush, that is not reluctance on your captain's part.]

So does she have to stay-- mmmfffmm.

[Yeah, so, he was trying to talk but a curious tiny hand reached up and grabbed his lower lip. He gently loosens the little girl's grip, addressing her for a moment with a fond little smile.]

Sorry, sweetheart, I need that lip for a minute, I'm still talking.

[And then back to McCoy:]

I was saying, I guess she needs to sleep in here? It's... probably for the best, right?

[aviophobia]

[...okay, that melted McCoy's icy cage of a heart. Just a little.]

Yeah. It's the safest place. I suppose crew quarters near the interior of the ship would be okay, too, but none of them are really kitted out for a baby.

[captaincocksure]

[The tiny hand goes up again, and Jim winces, carefully prying it from his nose this time.

As casually as he can manage:]

Yeah. I mean, my quarters. They're pretty central.

[ >.> ]

...But probably not really a great set-up for sleeping arrangements.

[ <.< ]

I guess we'll stay in here.

...She'll. She'll stay in here.

[aviophobia]

[He didn't miss that, Jim.]

We?

Are you gonna be sleeping in here unless I release her to sleep in your quarters?

[captaincocksure]

[Jim opens his mouth like he's going to deny this, but he knows Bones will see right through it.]

...I wanted to, yeah.

[aviophobia]

...well, she is gonna need round-the-clock care.

[captaincocksure]

[The face he makes right now. It's like this: :D :D :D]

i can help.

[aviophobia]

Yeah?

Well, we might be able to arrange something.

[captaincocksure]

Good. I'd like that. I feel... I don't know. Responsible for her.

[aviophobia]

Well, if you think you can handle it on top of being captain, then I'll get something set up for you.

[captaincocksure]

I can handle it, Bones.

[aviophobia]

All right, Jim. We'll get it set up.

[captaincocksure]

Good, good.

[But he'd distracted again, all his attention on the little girl as she clutches a fistful of his gold shirt.]

Just tell me what you want me to do, and I'll do it.

[aviophobia]

First off, we're gonna have to teach her that grabbing Jim isn't a habit to encourage. C'mon, honey, none of that.

[He reaches out, gentle, to disentangle her fingers.]

[captaincocksure]

I'm sure she's just exploring. Figuring out what's going on and all that.

[She lets go of Jim's yellow shirt, latching on instead to McCoy's blue sleeve, trying to pull it toward her mouth. Jim grins.]

Oh, well, there you go. She can grab you instead of me.

[aviophobia]

Hey, sweetheart, none of that, either.

[Oh-so gently, he untangles her fingers.]

Clothes are for wearing, not eating, hear?

[captaincocksure]

[ldkfjdkfjf adorable he cannot.]

I think she likes you. Why don't you hold her for a while?

[aviophobia]

Think I might.

[Still with that gentleness, he picks her up. She grabs a handful of his shirt and clutches it, and he allows it with a sigh, because he has no hands to correct her behavior.]

Looks like you're gonna be staying with Jim for a while, sweetheart. How d'you like that?

[captaincocksure]

[Man, Bones sure looks like he was made for this job.]

I think she might not mind spending some time with you, too.

[aviophobia]

[He ... kind of was.

:C]

I think I could probably allow that. If you're gonna be down here all the time, I won't need to keep chasing after you when you get your dumb ass hurt.

[captaincocksure]

[...Bones. ;_;]

Good. Then it's settled.

[aviophobia]

I'll have the nurses get your bed set up by Gamma shift tonight, all right? You gonna stay down here until then?

[captaincocksure]

[Long pause. nnnngh. /SIGH]

...I suppose I should head up to the bridge, check in and make sure I'm not needed. But I'll come back.

[aviophobia]

All right. We'll be here.

[The girl turns in McCoy's arms and examines Jim with bright eyes before jamming her fingers in her mouth.]

Hey, none of that, either.